Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and an Emmy-Award Winning Mini Series! In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge. Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition–its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.
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Readers say *Olive Kitteridge* is a thoughtfully crafted collection of linked stories centered on Olive, a complex woman in a small Maine town. Many p...
I was indifferent to Olive at first, then grew to dislike her along the way. Shifted to a greater understanding of her, in combination with empathy for her character even with all her flaws. Ultimately, I found the storytelling in this book to be so engaging! It took awhile to get there, but I found the way the author weaves storylines to be compelling, interesting, and adeptly written.
Loved this book. Olive is an ornery old coot living in small-town Crosby, Maine, and she's at times funny, frustrating, irritating, infuriating, sympathetic, but you can't wait to find out what happens next, or, in some cases, what happened before. Told as a series of short stories, it also focuses on other people in the town, but Olive is the center of this universe.
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